It was another successful playoff series for the Piedmont Academy fast-pitch softball team on Saturday.The Lady Cougars swept visiting Brentwood 4-3 and 3-2 to advance to the GISA Class AA state championship series later this week. Piedmont (16-4) overall will face Southwest Georgia in a best-of-three series beginning Thursday in Dublin.“We are excited to get…
The Jasper County Senior Center has a new director behind the desk, Brenda Jacobs. The director has an abundance of new things in her life recently…husband, home, job, and friends. Mrs. Jacobs is wife to St. James A.M.E Church Pastor Reginald Jacobs. The newlyweds were married in April 2021 and with that came a relocation…
Introduction: Do you know who the Antichrist is? He is not a cartoon character, rather he is described as a hideous beast, a man in human flesh that will deceive the whole world. How is the Antichrist described in the Bible? How will he take control of the world? Will he appear to be satanic?…
This past Saturday when we had some high winds, there were so many leaves falling it was a rain storm but with leaves. Of course we don’t have the Fall foliage that comes probably in November if there are any leaves left. Falling leaves signifies the beginning of our Winter season which is not much…
Go Braves! That’s been my mantra lately. And, I don’t get on Facebook very often, but I posted that both Saturday and Sunday nights, and maybe it paid off! No, I don’t think the Braves won because I, and all of Braves country, was rooting for them, but it helps! Now that we’re slap in…
The pending showdown seems all but certain. Alabama and Georgia are rolling toward a big-time collision in the SEC championship game in a few weeks. Yes, a little of the luster has come off this highly anticipated matchup, but make no mistake, it is still going to be must viewing. Georgia faced its toughest test…
The Jasper County Charter System board of education meeting opened with a positive health report at its business meeting Tuesday. Superintendent Kenny Garland told the board that there had been a significant decrease in COVID-19 cases with only one reported case in the system this week making several schools have zero cases. Mr. Garland noted…
The Jasper County Middle School football team faced a tough opponent last and ended up falling 40-0 to Morgan County Middle School. The Middle School Canes finished in a three-way tie for fourth place but lost on the coin flip to decide the final playoff team. “It was an unfortunate way to end the season…
It was a successful day for the Jasper County-Monticello High School cross country program. The Lady Canes placed third overall last Thursday at the Washington County High School Invitational in Sandersville. A total of seven schools competed in the varsity girls 5K. JaKara Tobler was seventh overall in 23:42.68 for Jasper County-Monticello. Brianna Dalton was…
The Jasper County-Monticello High School team will begin the final stretch of the 2021 season this week when the Canes venture to Lamar County High School in Barnesville. Coach Aaron Pitts was looking to allow his team to heal during the bye week as Jasper County-Monticello is dealing with numerous injuries to various players. The…